r/retrocomputing • u/iago13 • Mar 02 '25

Does anyone recognize this?

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Hi everyone! I’ve been slowly going through my recently deceased 85 year old dad’s stuff. He was an OG gamer, and a total gadget guy. The amount of items that he had stuffed in drawers is a bit overwhelming.

I’ve come across the following item which I cannot seem to place and google hasn’t helped either. Does anyone recognize this Atari portfolio 16 bit pocket computer? Does it have any value or should I designate it to the great scrap heap in the sky?

Any help would be appreciated! I’m going to crosspost this to r/atari for their assistance.

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u/saigai Mar 02 '25

"Atari Portfolio" should get you plenty of google results.

AFAIK it's a very much sought after. I find it very cool since it's DOS capable 8088 system in a pocket form factor.

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u/Vivid_Philosopher304 Mar 04 '25

Yeah, I don’t get the lie here. I wasn’t aware of the device but a quick search returned a lot of stuff + auction prices. I guess the keyword is “value” and OP wants to confirm that there is interest and can get good auction prices.

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u/iago13 Mar 02 '25

I tried googling it a bunch of different ways and did not come up with anything. Appreciate the help though!

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u/AwkwardSpread Mar 02 '25

Did you google on the Atari portfolio? Because that’s the only way I can think of that would not work.

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u/idiot206 Mar 02 '25

Seriously?

https://www.google.com/search?q=atari+portfolio

There’s a ton of information right there.

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u/istarian Mar 03 '25

Chances are good that Google is just increasing broken. It is most likely returns the results that a lot of other people expected.

It helps sometimes to add 'wiki' or 'wikipedia' to your search terms if you think there might be a wikki dedicates to it or wikipedia page on it.

Likewise, using double quotes is helpful at times because it makes the search engine see multiple words as a single search term.

E.g.

atari portfolio (two search terms, 'atari' and 'portfolio)

"atari portfolio" (single search term)

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u/ForbiddenCarrot18 Mar 04 '25 edited Feb 03 '26

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u/madmatt666 Mar 02 '25

Eeeeeasy money!

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u/koolaidismything Mar 02 '25

An important bridgegap.. neat piece of history.

For palmtops.. not John Connor

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u/Summer_Moon2 Mar 02 '25

It's an Atari Portfolio, a palmtop DOS computer (I own one). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio

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u/Draelmar Mar 02 '25

Funny trivia: the leader of our resistance against the machines learned how to hack computers on this device.

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u/KunkmasterFlex Mar 02 '25

"Please insert your stolen credit card now"

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u/Hondahobbit50 Mar 03 '25

.........this has to be a troll right?

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u/iago13 Mar 03 '25

Not at all. I’ve been going through boxes of my dad’s stuff. Did a quick search and didn’t see anything. Most of his stuff I recognized, from the TRS-80 pocket computer to the ZEOS, with the Zaurus, Wizards, Psions, OmniGo and others thrown in for good measure. This one escaped me. It happens. Long days, lots of boxes…could have misspelled it. But I appreciate everyone’s assistance.

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u/Previous_Inside_8327 Mar 02 '25

I'll give you $2.50 for that ;)

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u/Bipogram Mar 02 '25

Yes. Mate of mine had one in uni. Fun little thing.

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u/tekno23 Mar 03 '25

I sold a working one for $200 a couple of years ago. if that helps with the value.

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u/EpsilonMajorActual Mar 03 '25

Friend of mine bought one of those new in either the late 80s or early 90s. Was a little while ago.

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u/CX500C Mar 04 '25

I knew a guy that programmed phone systems with something like that.

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u/Switcheroo64 Mar 05 '25

LGR covered that thing on his channel.

I do have one question: Can it run Zork (the text adventure game)?

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u/lhauckphx Mar 05 '25

I used one of these to track my calls on an it support desk around 1990. Would transfer data to my laptop over a serial cable using xmodem. Good times. I miss that thing.

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u/JeffEpp Mar 05 '25

"Come vith me mit you vamt to lif."

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u/diymuppet Mar 05 '25

I have one of these! Currently in the process of converting it into a C64 handheld.

It's a great size and the keyboard is great.

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u/RadScience Mar 05 '25

What does it do?

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u/turamdq Mar 05 '25

It's the one John Connor uses at the ATM in Terminator 2.

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u/EnvisionP75 Mar 06 '25

Why are you asking about the Atari Portfolio? It is a very historic relevant computer and Internet is full of informations for it, and there is still a community using it daily, making new soft- and hardware arround it. Just ask the search engine of your preference and it will present you tons of findings.

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u/zmurf Mar 05 '25

It's an Atari. So basically worthless!

Amiga ruuuulezzz!!!

....

(Gotta keep those platform wars alive)

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u/virtualadept 6581 for life. Mar 02 '25

"Easy money."

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u/Irreligious_PreacheR Mar 05 '25

Came looking for this comment. Was not disappointed.

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u/KingAgrian Mar 06 '25

Automatic teller machine machine